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most of them have been kept by gordon brown and david cameron. and other people got up to all sorts of stuff. there's no doubt about that. and part of politics is part of life. i tried to control at the center. i tried to keep a grip of things. but the reality is there are hundreds of people out there the whole time who -- anybody who works on downing street in the eyes of a journalist is a senior downing street source. anybody who works in the home office is a senior home office source. i think we did a pretty good job in having proper coordination at the center, but it's very difficult to maintain that. >> mr. powell points the finger of blame in a particular place. he says "it's the special advisers like the damian o'brieens, charlie wheelers, and ed balzes, not -- who specialize in character assassination through the pages of the newspapers. what always surprised me was that the assassins managed to persuade the press to keep quiet about their activities. however many incriminating e-mails or texts they sent." >> that's a very good point. in
most of them have been kept by gordon brown and david cameron. and other people got up to all sorts of stuff. there's no doubt about that. and part of politics is part of life. i tried to control at the center. i tried to keep a grip of things. but the reality is there are hundreds of people out there the whole time who -- anybody who works on downing street in the eyes of a journalist is a senior downing street source. anybody who works in the home office is a senior home office source. i...
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and that's why, there's david cameron now, he's the prime minister. he has his own media team. i don't think george osborn is -- someone like boris johnson, i'm not saying this is going on, but if boris johnson and the people around him want to be briefing the press in a way to undermine cameron, they can do that and they know the journalists aren't going to drop them in it because it's too good a story to them. we had that in relation to some of the people that will work for gordon brown, no doubt. sneests by the end of your time in downing street, mr. campbell, prurp somewhat jaded it may be fair to say mr. blair points out, page 3z 01-302 of his book. alastair was getting exhausted and ratty and getting set upon by the media whom he was coming to loath. he was therefore not handling quite right. well, i understood the bit about the handling quite right but you were coming to loath them? >> not all of them. i was coming to loath -- well i had come to loath the culture that i've set out in my statements. there were some individuals that i had come to loath. i had come to loath
and that's why, there's david cameron now, he's the prime minister. he has his own media team. i don't think george osborn is -- someone like boris johnson, i'm not saying this is going on, but if boris johnson and the people around him want to be briefing the press in a way to undermine cameron, they can do that and they know the journalists aren't going to drop them in it because it's too good a story to them. we had that in relation to some of the people that will work for gordon brown, no...
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david cameron goes to her wedding and she marries a friend of david cameron. as you mentioned, the whole issue boils down to judgment really and was it sensible of the prime minister to get so close to her given that she was presiding over news international at a stage when all these allegations about phone hacking have been swirling around really for years. >> naomi, once that inquiry begins and rebekah brooks is having her say, we'll have more from you as well. many thanks. some other stories now -- the u.k. government says it will neither confirm nor deny claims that the undercover agency foiled an al qaeda plot to blow up a plane with an underwear bomb held a british passport. the operative is reported to have become radicalized before then deciding to work against the militants in yes, ma'am be. he handed over the intended bomb to the c.i.a. search found at least 10 bodies near the wreckage of a russian airliner, which crashed during a demonstration flight. 45 people on board the plane when it came down. there are want any survivors. the latest greek poli
david cameron goes to her wedding and she marries a friend of david cameron. as you mentioned, the whole issue boils down to judgment really and was it sensible of the prime minister to get so close to her given that she was presiding over news international at a stage when all these allegations about phone hacking have been swirling around really for years. >> naomi, once that inquiry begins and rebekah brooks is having her say, we'll have more from you as well. many thanks. some other...
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david cameron at a dinner for current posted. do you recall? >> yes. >> is your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at that stage. all i've taken the time to look back at some news of the world additions are around that period, and i don't think that the news of the will ever explicitly supported mr. cameron in the leadership or that we supported anyone, but we did in play at that stage william hague as economist, and i think he expressed a preference before to work with him. >> in the personal perspective is he your preferred candidates for the leadership? >> i have reformed at that stage a clear view. i found a leader looking at this issue i found a leader from the news of the world where of suggested the seed to win and period that's as far as it went, so there was against him let's put it that way. >> between december 05 and january, 07 collis the news of the world clearly moving towards supporting the conservative party as the next election? >> i don't think so. i mean, news of the world undermines the came up with the hea
david cameron at a dinner for current posted. do you recall? >> yes. >> is your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at that stage. all i've taken the time to look back at some news of the world additions are around that period, and i don't think that the news of the will ever explicitly supported mr. cameron in the leadership or that we supported anyone, but we did in play at that stage william hague as economist, and i think he expressed a preference before...
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david cameron meet with the murdoches in greece on this indication? >> i'm not sure -- on this o'indication? >> i'm not sure who came up with this idea. i think it was born out of the fact that mr. murdoch was there in the summer and it was organized through number 10. >> there must have been initiatives there within news international to make arrangements. did you know anything about those? >> i knew he was coming, but i think the arrangements were made through mr. murdoch's office and number 10. >> rebekah brooks has denied any knowledge of phone hacking, but that's currently the subject of a separate investigation. peter biles, bbc. >> let's take a look at some of the other headlines making around the world. the aftermath of the bomb blast in syria's country, twin suicide car bombs outside a military intelligence building killed 55 people and injured hundreds more. it was the deadliest attack against bashar and fueling ideas that the militants are playing a greater role in the revolt. and escaping unharmed when a blast went on in his convoy and app
david cameron meet with the murdoches in greece on this indication? >> i'm not sure -- on this o'indication? >> i'm not sure who came up with this idea. i think it was born out of the fact that mr. murdoch was there in the summer and it was organized through number 10. >> there must have been initiatives there within news international to make arrangements. did you know anything about those? >> i knew he was coming, but i think the arrangements were made through mr....
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then he said, david cameron took up by the time tony blair and gordon brown left off. ignoring what happened after may 2010, would you agree with mandelson's view, we simply chose to be coward? >> i agree with it to some extent. i mean, he said there were no -- there was no issue of principle or priority. i think there were issues of principle and priority which i referred to a moment ago. but i do accept that part of the thinking of the prime minister and some of his colleagues was that to take on the whole of the press at the time when most of the public thought we got a pretty good deal was politically not very sensible. >> it might have been difficult to have approached this on a cross-party basis at any time between 1997 and certainly 201. unless you were to identify a short window of opportunity which opened after the tragic death of princess diana. is that right? >> i think it would have been impossible to get a cross-party agreement on slide. >> what about that short window of opportunity? >> i'm not sure there really was one. i think that the -- i think intere
then he said, david cameron took up by the time tony blair and gordon brown left off. ignoring what happened after may 2010, would you agree with mandelson's view, we simply chose to be coward? >> i agree with it to some extent. i mean, he said there were no -- there was no issue of principle or priority. i think there were issues of principle and priority which i referred to a moment ago. but i do accept that part of the thinking of the prime minister and some of his colleagues was that...
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the last election, david cameron had the endorsement of, you know, virtually all of the newspapers and didn't get a majority. so i think we've got to be careful about this. where i think they have an influence is in the establishment of an overall agenda in which the political environment and debate then plays out. >> let me just ask you to comment on a paragraph in mr. powell's book which is page 190. he's giving his perception of what was happening at this time. our primary target was rupert murdoch and tony went out of his way to woo him. do we agree with that? >> i don't like the word woo, but he was certainly the most important media player, without a doubt. >> and then mr. powell continues, i've been told by the sunday timss correspondent in washington that the american economist and columnist irwin steltzer was a confidante of murdoch in the best way into him. do you agree with that? >> no, i think the best way into rupert murdoch was via rupert murdoch. >> well, maybe mr. powell is putting it just a notch too high, but if mr. murdoch is not available, the best way to mr. murdoc
the last election, david cameron had the endorsement of, you know, virtually all of the newspapers and didn't get a majority. so i think we've got to be careful about this. where i think they have an influence is in the establishment of an overall agenda in which the political environment and debate then plays out. >> let me just ask you to comment on a paragraph in mr. powell's book which is page 190. he's giving his perception of what was happening at this time. our primary target was...
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david cameron there, at a dinner. do you recall? >> yes. >> was he your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at the last stage. i have taken the time to look back at some "news of the world" editions around that period, and i do not think "news of the world" ever explicitly supported mr. cameron, or explicitly supported anyone. we did employee mr. william hague, and he expressed a preference. he went to work for him later. >> from a personal perspective, was he your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> i do not think i formed at that stage a clear view. i found a leader from "news of the world" where we suggested it was his to win. i have up on anything to the contrary. i think that is as far as it went. >> between december 2005 and january 2007, was the news of the world clearly moving toward endorsing the conservative party at the next election? >> i do not think so. "news of the world," under my editorship, came up with the line "hug a hoodie." i do not think that is the case. >> paragraph 34 of your stateme
david cameron there, at a dinner. do you recall? >> yes. >> was he your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at the last stage. i have taken the time to look back at some "news of the world" editions around that period, and i do not think "news of the world" ever explicitly supported mr. cameron, or explicitly supported anyone. we did employee mr. william hague, and he expressed a preference. he went to work for him later. >> from a...
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david cameron was forced to call this inquiry a year ago, and it was both to really purge all the worries about phone hacking and the powers that the murdoches had over british politics, but the danger for david cameron is it's just unearthing all this sort of informal machinery of government. it shows that they were quite chummy emails and text messages between news corporation on the one hand and government ministers. now, dade cameron would say, well, what matters at the end of the day is did ministers act right or wrongly. the danger, of course, in politics is the perception of it, and is the perception that a cabinet minister just got too close to this very powerful corporation? >> well, questions are still going on and the answers are coming with, and we'll keep across that. thanks very much for that. i should say that this is a complex case. the inquiry has been running week after week after week, and we've got a backup for you on all of that on the website, bbc.com/news, so that you can peruse at your leisure to get a sense as to where the inquiry seems to be heading. of course, w
david cameron was forced to call this inquiry a year ago, and it was both to really purge all the worries about phone hacking and the powers that the murdoches had over british politics, but the danger for david cameron is it's just unearthing all this sort of informal machinery of government. it shows that they were quite chummy emails and text messages between news corporation on the one hand and government ministers. now, dade cameron would say, well, what matters at the end of the day is...
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i think it is important to accept -- i think this goes for david cameron, gordon brown, tony blair -- that the amount of time and energy that they, not just the people who work for them, but they as prime ministers have to devote and dedicate to kind of dealing with what are ultimately media management issues. it's grown. it's grown and it's growing because of the way the media has developed. i think that's a problem too. >> then you continue, they only have power if politicians let them have power. >> yeah. >> by which of course you mean it is within the gift of politicians to prevent press having power. but that might of course have obvious ramifications for free press. it also presupposes politicians are not going to yield to the obvious influences and powers which might intrude on their decision-making. would you agree with that? >> well, i think a lot of this started under margaret thatcher. i think that newspapers were given a sense of power. the numbers that we see, the peerages and the knighthoods and the sense they were almost part of her team. i think it changed under john m
i think it is important to accept -- i think this goes for david cameron, gordon brown, tony blair -- that the amount of time and energy that they, not just the people who work for them, but they as prime ministers have to devote and dedicate to kind of dealing with what are ultimately media management issues. it's grown. it's grown and it's growing because of the way the media has developed. i think that's a problem too. >> then you continue, they only have power if politicians let them...
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we're changing sides." >> bergman: david cameron, who pursued murdoch's support before the election, now distanced himself. without the political capital, murdoch withdrew his bid for bskyb. the past had caught up with him. >> mr. murdoch, did you read our last report into the matter, where we referred to the collective amnesia of your executives who gave evidence to our committee? >> i haven't heard that. >> parliamentary inquiry found your senior executives in the uk guilty of collective amnesia, and nobody brought it to your attention? i don't see why you think that's not very serious. >> yeah, but you're really not saying amnesia, you're really saying lying. >> well, we found your executives guilty of collective amnesia. i would have thought that someone would like to bring that to your attention. that it would concern you. did they forget? >> no, that isn't... >> this is all about leadership. if rupert murdoch wants this information in the public domain, it can be in the public domain, but so far, for the last three years, we've had to drag every piece of information out of the
we're changing sides." >> bergman: david cameron, who pursued murdoch's support before the election, now distanced himself. without the political capital, murdoch withdrew his bid for bskyb. the past had caught up with him. >> mr. murdoch, did you read our last report into the matter, where we referred to the collective amnesia of your executives who gave evidence to our committee? >> i haven't heard that. >> parliamentary inquiry found your senior executives in the...
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i don't think that david cameron particularly wants to have to deal with this, i don't think he wanted to set up the inquiry. he had to do it in the end. i think it would be very difficult for him not to go along with whatever recommendations or at least a very large part of the recommendations the inquiry pro du prodo you spro i hope there is something produced by what you laid out earlier, but i doubt they will do anything vis-a-vis the next election. so i would think there is some status for change, but i wouldn't know the state of it. i think there's quite a big appetite for the people who are no longer there. >> the general topic of pro forma the press, see if this recalls your recollection. we first discussed how we could remedy the failed relationship between the media and politics in 2002, and we even considered putting the pcc on a statutory basis and creating a rite of pli that exists in other countries. do you remember that? >> i do. >> he is referring to the discussions you were having? >> yep. >> then he says in 2003, i -- and that's obviously mr. powell -- commissioned ed
i don't think that david cameron particularly wants to have to deal with this, i don't think he wanted to set up the inquiry. he had to do it in the end. i think it would be very difficult for him not to go along with whatever recommendations or at least a very large part of the recommendations the inquiry pro du prodo you spro i hope there is something produced by what you laid out earlier, but i doubt they will do anything vis-a-vis the next election. so i would think there is some status for...
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she is close toss david cameron. this is akin to george w. bush trading 12 e-mails a day with roger ailes and roger ailes being indicted and something is amiss here. >> this is the thing. we tend to focus on the murdochs but the bigger issue is this could bring down the british government at some state. it could severely weaken it. it brings serious questions about the credibility of the prime minister and his judgment using a stamp. this is -- it doesn't look good for the british government. >> let's bring it back to the united states. what have you heard about anything going on here at the justice department? any local prosecutors? allegations of hacking here which were in the air, rumor and amount of charter about it. anything tangible there? >> okay. so what we had a few weeks ago was the mark lewis the british lawyer who represented the family of a young girl the murderered teenager who was busted wide open last year, it has come to the u.s. and teamed up with a pair of new york lawyers. >> normal siegel a prominent civil libertarian. >>
she is close toss david cameron. this is akin to george w. bush trading 12 e-mails a day with roger ailes and roger ailes being indicted and something is amiss here. >> this is the thing. we tend to focus on the murdochs but the bigger issue is this could bring down the british government at some state. it could severely weaken it. it brings serious questions about the credibility of the prime minister and his judgment using a stamp. this is -- it doesn't look good for the british...
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most of them have been kept by gordon brown and david cameron. and other people got up to all sorts of stuff. there's no doubtbout that. and part of politics is part of life. i tried to control at the center. i tried to keep a grip of things. but the reality is there are hundreds of people out there the whole time who -- anybody who works on downing street in the eyes of a journalist is a senior downing street source. anybody who works in the home office is a senior home office source. i think we did a pretty good job in having proper coordination at the center, but it's very difficult to maintain that. >> mr. powell points the finger of blame in a particular place. he says "it's the special advisers like the damian o'brieens, charlie wheelers, and ed balzes, not -- who specialize in character assassination rough the pages of the newspapers. what always surprised me was that the assassins managed to persuade the press to keep quiet about their activities. however many incriminating e-mails or texts they sent." >> that's a vryood point. in other w
most of them have been kept by gordon brown and david cameron. and other people got up to all sorts of stuff. there's no doubtbout that. and part of politics is part of life. i tried to control at the center. i tried to keep a grip of things. but the reality is there are hundreds of people out there the whole time who -- anybody who works on downing street in the eyes of a journalist is a senior downing street source. anybody who works in the home office is a senior home office source. i think...
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david cameron had written for "the sun" explaining this. and so the dinner conversation was quite heated, as he was the only one at the table saying actually, i might have been standing up to his challenge, colleagues like that, and at the end he turned out to be correct. >> didn't you tell mr. cameron after that conversation you had with mr. grieve, you can have someone like that as home secretary, he won't appeal to our readers either, and that's indeed what happened? >> no, i did not tell mr. cameron. what the camera dash it was a conversation, as i said, was a very heated conversation, or not by his colleagues were trying to almost silence him at the table because he was in effect saying one of the promises the conservatives have made to the electorate was never going to repeal, and he was almost the opposite way around, that they were concerned that his view was not to be taken seriously. and as it turned out he was entirely correct. .. >> absolutely not their view, and they were going to repeal the hra and replace it with a patient's
david cameron had written for "the sun" explaining this. and so the dinner conversation was quite heated, as he was the only one at the table saying actually, i might have been standing up to his challenge, colleagues like that, and at the end he turned out to be correct. >> didn't you tell mr. cameron after that conversation you had with mr. grieve, you can have someone like that as home secretary, he won't appeal to our readers either, and that's indeed what happened? >>...
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he discussed relationships with number of politicians including george osborn and david cameron. we will show you what we can and give we are able to reestablish our signal from the uk we will bring you that live on c-span2. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> your full name. >> andy coulson. >> please turn off your witness statement dated the first of may of this year. look at the last paragraph you will see a signature which is yours. a statement of truth given within the constraints imposed on you by the ongoing police investigation. is that right? >> yes. >> a short time line of your career. you started working as a journalist in 1989. is that correct? >> yes. >> between 1994-1998 you educated the bazaar column of "the sun". in the year 2000 you were deputy editor of "news of the world" under rebekah brooks. january of 2003 you were appointed editor of "news of the world". 26 of january 2007 you resigned. around june of 2007 we come to the exact date where you were appointed director of communication to the conservative party. is that right? >> yes. >> you started work
he discussed relationships with number of politicians including george osborn and david cameron. we will show you what we can and give we are able to reestablish our signal from the uk we will bring you that live on c-span2. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> your full name. >> andy coulson. >> please turn off your witness statement dated the first of may of this year. look at the last paragraph you will see a signature which is yours. a statement of truth given...
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david cameron there, at a dinner. do you recall? >> yes. >> was he your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at the last stage. i have taken the time to look back at some "news of the world" editions around that period, and i do not think "news of the world" ever explicitly supported mr. cameron, or explicitly supported anyone. we did employee mr. william hague, and he expressed a preference. he went to work for him later. >> from a personal perspective, was he your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> i do not think i formed at that stage a clear view. i found a leader from "news of the world" where we suggested it was his to win. i have up on anything to the contrary. i think that is as far as it went. >> between december 2005 and january 2007, was the news of the world clearly moving toward endorsing the conservative party at the next election? >> i do not think so. "news of the world," under my editorship, came up with the line "hug a hoodie." i do not think that is the case. >> paragraph 34 of your stateme
david cameron there, at a dinner. do you recall? >> yes. >> was he your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at the last stage. i have taken the time to look back at some "news of the world" editions around that period, and i do not think "news of the world" ever explicitly supported mr. cameron, or explicitly supported anyone. we did employee mr. william hague, and he expressed a preference. he went to work for him later. >> from a...
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most of them have been kept by gordon brown and david cameron. and other people got up to all sorts of stuff. there's no doubt about that. and part of politics is part of life. i tried to control at the center. i tried to keep a grip of things. but the reality is there are hundreds of people out there the whole time who -- anybody who works on downing street in the eyes of a journalist is a senior downing street source. anybody who works in the home office is a senior home office source. i think we did a pretty good job in having proper coordination at the center, but it's very difficult to maintain that. >> mr. powell points the finger of blame in a particular place. he says "it's the special advisers like the damian o'brieens, charlie wheelers, and ed balzes, not -- who specialize in character assassination through the pages of the newspapers. what always surprised me was that the assassins managed to persuade the press to keep quiet about their activities. however many incriminating e-mails or texts they sent." >> that's a very good point. in
most of them have been kept by gordon brown and david cameron. and other people got up to all sorts of stuff. there's no doubt about that. and part of politics is part of life. i tried to control at the center. i tried to keep a grip of things. but the reality is there are hundreds of people out there the whole time who -- anybody who works on downing street in the eyes of a journalist is a senior downing street source. anybody who works in the home office is a senior home office source. i...
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last week british prime minister david cameron denied having any inappropriate dealings with rupert or james murdoch concerning a bid for british sky broadcasting. the prime minister was summoned before the house of commons monday to answer questions of alleged breach of ministerial conduct by jeremy hunt. it was revealed last week that mr. hunt had ties to james murdoch and news international during the bidding process during b sky b. >> order, urgent question. mr. speaker ask the prime minister if he'll refer the conduct of the secretary of state culture olympic with respect to his dealings with the news-- >> when asked this question, they made a full statement. let me set out the position again. i set up the inquiry last summer to investigate the culture ethics and practices of the media, and the relations between the media and the police and the media and politicians. it is a full inquiry with evidence given under oath and full access to papers and records. no government before has ever taken such comprehensive action. it is this government that is putting these issues properly on
last week british prime minister david cameron denied having any inappropriate dealings with rupert or james murdoch concerning a bid for british sky broadcasting. the prime minister was summoned before the house of commons monday to answer questions of alleged breach of ministerial conduct by jeremy hunt. it was revealed last week that mr. hunt had ties to james murdoch and news international during the bidding process during b sky b. >> order, urgent question. mr. speaker ask the prime...
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cameron, and rupert murdoch. a relationship, critics say, that led to the favorable treatment of his business interests. >> you do recall meeting mr. cameron while on holiday with the murdoch family in greece in 2008? >> i'm not sure he came... i'm not sure he came up with the idea. >> reporter: now these once-private meetings are a matter of public outrage. rebekah brooks' trial is due to start in the middle of next month, a fresh chapter in a scandal that has rocked the upper reaches not only of the british government but also the murdoch media empire. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> pelley: in paris today, the new french president was sworn in but it was a rough first day for socialist francois hollande. he got soaked as he road in the rain to an outdoor ceremony. later, his plane was hit by lightning after taking off for berlin and turned back as a precaution. hollande flew to germany in a different plane later but he was late for his meeting with chancellor angela merkel. what's behind an epidemic of
cameron, and rupert murdoch. a relationship, critics say, that led to the favorable treatment of his business interests. >> you do recall meeting mr. cameron while on holiday with the murdoch family in greece in 2008? >> i'm not sure he came... i'm not sure he came up with the idea. >> reporter: now these once-private meetings are a matter of public outrage. rebekah brooks' trial is due to start in the middle of next month, a fresh chapter in a scandal that has rocked the...
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blair and the current prime minister david cameron have been mentioned. this in fifty minute portion, the former press secretary talks about the rise of rebekah brookes and the influence she and the murdochs had at tim downing.re >> it would be the back door point. you said media presence at thei. time and there's no particular need or desire to have the yo meeting. b made sense to avoid the door. but not transparent that somekes would say. i'll accept that, yeah. >> then you say would say. >> i'd accept that. >> then you say, slightly tongue in cheek, partly our thinking was for the rest of the media, murdoch was uniquely newer ral jurisdiction. >> it's not tongue in cheek, it's what we thought. rue better murdoch went into the building, you started a whole flurry of what's he doing there, what are they talking about? i made the point when i left in 2003, whenever i went back, i tended to go in the same door. it's just a way of avoiding attention, i guess. but i take your point. >> do you think there's something about the fact that we now make it -- we,
blair and the current prime minister david cameron have been mentioned. this in fifty minute portion, the former press secretary talks about the rise of rebekah brookes and the influence she and the murdochs had at tim downing.re >> it would be the back door point. you said media presence at thei. time and there's no particular need or desire to have the yo meeting. b made sense to avoid the door. but not transparent that somekes would say. i'll accept that, yeah. >> then you say...
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when he came to london, david cameron and the deputy prime minister didn't meet him. in germany, angela merkel said she was backing sarkozy. >> well, obviously the conservatives had their foes, and this is over now. now the reality and all these leaders are very pragmatic. they know it doesn't work what they've been implementing up to now. in france, they have a new competitor who is francois hollande, who's been supported very strongly by french people, and they have to do with it. >> ok. thank you very much indeed for being with us. let us go now to athens, because i said we would go there now where they had their own general election which came to a very indecisive result. our correspondent is there for us now. and tim, i mean, what is happening in athens now? >> really, the results here are more confusing, even than people expected. the scale of the rejection of the two mainstream parties, the parties that backed the bailout more complete than people expected, and you can see here, this headline says punishment vote. so those two main parties knew democracy and so
when he came to london, david cameron and the deputy prime minister didn't meet him. in germany, angela merkel said she was backing sarkozy. >> well, obviously the conservatives had their foes, and this is over now. now the reality and all these leaders are very pragmatic. they know it doesn't work what they've been implementing up to now. in france, they have a new competitor who is francois hollande, who's been supported very strongly by french people, and they have to do with it....
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the timing conversation was not with david cameron or his advisers. were you responsible for the timing of the decision. >> in terms of the conference season, yes. >> i was certainly instrumental in it. ultimately, of rupert murdoch is the boss. as were others. >> you are the driving force behind it or not? >> i was instrumental, not the driving force. it was pretty collective in terms of everyone's view, particularly their readership that we were going to distance ourselves from the labor party that we have supported for many years. in terms of the timing it was quite a small group. >> and you are part of that small group? >> yes. >> the timing was careful. it was designed to cause a maximum political damage, would you agree? >> the discussion on the time and was this, it would be terribly unfair at the start of the party conference to say that before hearing what mr. brown and the senior cabinet ministers had to set, and they could have come up with a fantastic policy for some readers or anything. it was unfair for us to go before. >> are you saying
the timing conversation was not with david cameron or his advisers. were you responsible for the timing of the decision. >> in terms of the conference season, yes. >> i was certainly instrumental in it. ultimately, of rupert murdoch is the boss. as were others. >> you are the driving force behind it or not? >> i was instrumental, not the driving force. it was pretty collective in terms of everyone's view, particularly their readership that we were going to distance...
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david cameron there, at a dinner. doou recall? >> yes. >> was h your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at the last stage. i have taken the time to look back at some "news of the world" editions around that period, and i do not think "news of the world" ever explicitly supported mr. cameron, or explicitly supported anyone. we did employee mr. william hague, and he expressed a preference. he went to work for him later. >> from a personal perspective, was he your preferredandidate for the leadership? >> i do not think i formed at that stage a clear view. i found a leader from "news of the world" where we suggested it was his to win. i have up on anything to the contrary. i think that is as far as it went. >> between december 2005 and january 2007, was the news of the world clearly moving toward endorsing the conservative party at the next election? >> i do not think so. "news of the world," under my editorship, came up with the line "hug a hoodie." i do not think that is the case. >> paragraph 34 of your statement,
david cameron there, at a dinner. doou recall? >> yes. >> was h your preferred candidate for the leadership? >> certainly at the last stage. i have taken the time to look back at some "news of the world" editions around that period, and i do not think "news of the world" ever explicitly supported mr. cameron, or explicitly supported anyone. we did employee mr. william hague, and he expressed a preference. he went to work for him later. >> from a...
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and david cameron is in trouble. they have leapt upon it and made hay. but i really believe it's politically motivated. this dates back into the previous government. labor hasn't come out of it so well itself. we've seen evidence of gordon brown, his wife would have pajama parties with rupert murdoch executives. tony blair is we now learned secret godfather to run of rupert murdoch's children. all politicians have come out of this pretty badly, the conservatives worse because they're currently in charge. host: and the news corps empire, it is an empire because it is globally, how big is it? guest: well, it's massive. not just in great britain but significant holdings in australia and obviously here in the u.s., there are newspapers as well as the fox broadcast licenses. here in america it's clearly not the biggest story in the past 50 years. it's a great britain story for the most part. but i do think it's starting, it has crossed the pond a bit. there are some allegations of wrong doing here at home. there are questions about whether peoples' phones hav
and david cameron is in trouble. they have leapt upon it and made hay. but i really believe it's politically motivated. this dates back into the previous government. labor hasn't come out of it so well itself. we've seen evidence of gordon brown, his wife would have pajama parties with rupert murdoch executives. tony blair is we now learned secret godfather to run of rupert murdoch's children. all politicians have come out of this pretty badly, the conservatives worse because they're currently...
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that is also a problem because, of course, rebekah brooks was and is a close friend of david cameron, the prime minister of the uk. she was texting him twice a day during his election campaign in 2010. if she is found guilty, she could face a sentence of anything up to about 12 years in prison, although reading the reports earlier today, the expectatio expectations is that if she's found guilty, she could go to prison for two years. >> we also know, ben, that there is a department of justice investigation as to news corp. activities here in the u.s., whether they have been hacking into phones in 9/11 and 9/11 victims. what do you make of the rupert murdoch brand here? keep in mind that this is coming on the heels as a uk panel found them unfit to lead a media company? >> it's an incredible corporate crisis for them and has side lined the son that expected to be his heir. but it has been -- the u.s. has so far been quarantined from it, the guy running the program at this point, he's a new york figure and while there have been rumblingings looking that serious credit reports that it hap
that is also a problem because, of course, rebekah brooks was and is a close friend of david cameron, the prime minister of the uk. she was texting him twice a day during his election campaign in 2010. if she is found guilty, she could face a sentence of anything up to about 12 years in prison, although reading the reports earlier today, the expectatio expectations is that if she's found guilty, she could go to prison for two years. >> we also know, ben, that there is a department of...
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then he said when david cameron was elected prime minister i was ushered into number 10 via the back entrance. that relative coziness has been revealed. david cameron has been under some pressure over the last year, not just in relation to his relationship with journalists in the levinson inquiry but the economy double-dipped onto a recession. all his approaches to dealing with the recession have been a disaster. >> martin bashir, it's all fascinating stuff. aren't you glad you live here? >> i am it. wish i could text the president. >> you still maybe. watch martin bashir's show every day 3:00 eastern here on msnbc. >>> mitt romney taking off message from his prep school past. what romney would like us to think of as a teenage prank is front page news, but the candidate is doing everything he can to move past the story. >> i don't recall the incident myself. i've seen the reports. not going to argue with that. there is no question but i did some stupid things when what is in high school. >> stupid things indeed. ruth marcus and todd pertham, author of a monthly article in "vanity fai
then he said when david cameron was elected prime minister i was ushered into number 10 via the back entrance. that relative coziness has been revealed. david cameron has been under some pressure over the last year, not just in relation to his relationship with journalists in the levinson inquiry but the economy double-dipped onto a recession. all his approaches to dealing with the recession have been a disaster. >> martin bashir, it's all fascinating stuff. aren't you glad you live here?...
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her husband a millionaire who went to eaton with david cameron. >> i would just like to say that i feel today is an attempt to use me and others as scapegoats, the effect of which will be to ratchet up the pressure on my wife who also believe is the subject of a witch hunt. >> i cannot express my anger enough that those closest to me have been dragged into this unfairly. one day the details of this case will emerge. and people will see today as nothing more than an expensive side show. >> reporter: rebecca brooks has links with all of those charged today. she's facing three counts of perverting the course of justice. the first for allegedly conspiring with others to conceal materials from the metropolitan police. they include her husband, charlie brooks, her former p.a., cheryl carter, the company's head of security, mark hannah, news international chauffeur paul edwards and security consultant darrell josling. apart from cheryl carter, they are all additionally charged with concealing documents, computers and other electronic equipment. however, cheryl carter and rebecca brooks are bot
her husband a millionaire who went to eaton with david cameron. >> i would just like to say that i feel today is an attempt to use me and others as scapegoats, the effect of which will be to ratchet up the pressure on my wife who also believe is the subject of a witch hunt. >> i cannot express my anger enough that those closest to me have been dragged into this unfairly. one day the details of this case will emerge. and people will see today as nothing more than an expensive side...